Category: Giants

Drew Lock’s dazzling scramble sets up Giants touchdown

Drew Lock put a spark into the Giants with a scramble

Drew Lock put some excitement into the New York Giants’ offense on Thanksgiving.

The quarterback, replacing a sore and inactive Tommy DeVito, took off on a scramble on the Giants’ first drive.

It looked like a 30-yard TD run but review dashed that. On the next play Tyrone Tracy Jr. punched it in for a 7-3 New York lead.

Buccaneers blasting Daniel Jones-less Giants

The Buccaneers clobbered the Giants in the first half

Well, it looks like Daniel Jones wasn’t the problem with the New York Giants.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers rolled into MetLife Stadium on Sunday and rolled over the Giants for 23 unanswered points in the first half.

Baker Mayfield threw for 230 yards and had a rushing touchdown on 19-of-23 passing.

Mayfield did the Tommy Cutlets celebration after the TD. One former Giant took to Twitter saying the team needed to reply.

Tommy DeVito was 3-of-5 passing as the Giants were asleep on offense.

Giants release quarterback Daniel Jones

The Giants parted ways witrh QB Daniel Jones

A day after Daniel Jones took the high road in thanking the team and organization, the New York Giants returned by telling their former starting QB to hit the road, releaseing him.

A good spin was put on it but the Giants had run out of time and patience with their former first-round pick.

Jones was in his sixth year with New York. He was 24-44-1 as a starter.

He was benched this week in a move that would have enabled the Giants to save millions on his contract for next season.

Technically, Jones must clear waivers first and then will be a free agent.

Talk about a quirky Jones stat:

Giants QB Daniel Jones addresses media after Week 12 benching

See what #Giants QB Daniel Jones had to say to the media after he was benched in Week 12.

The New York Giants are set to start fan-favorite quarterback Tommy DeVito against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after they benched former first-round pick Daniel Jones this week.

After a 2-8 start to the season, New York moved Jones to the No. 3 spot on its depth chart behind DeVito and Drew Lock.

Though Jones’ inadequacies were only part of a wider set of problems that ultimately doomed the Giants’ 2024 campaign, New York seems inclined to move on from their $160 million quarterback, whether he remains on its roster or not.

See what Jones had to say to the media this morning in this video that was posted to Twitter by NFL insider Ian Rapoport:

Though Jones didn’t indicate that the Giants intended to release him, it doesn’t seem like a great sign that he was reading from a prepared statement that was worded more like a firm “goodbye” than a friendly “see you later.”

Giants benching Daniel Jones, expected to start Tommy DeVito against Bucs

Daniel Jones is being benched by the Giants

The Giants are making a fiscal decision coming out of their bye week.

Looking at guaranteeing the third year of Daniel Jones’ massive contract if the quarterback continues to play, they will keep him on the sidelines on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The four-year, $160 million extension that Jones us playing on includes a $23 million injury guarantee for next season.

His replacement is expected to be Tommy DeVito, per multiple reports.

DeVito, the undrafted free agent out of Syracuse, was 3-3 in six starts as a rookie.

Awful execution on Giants’ two-point conversion attempt

The Giants’ two-point conversion attempt was an embarrassment

The New York Giants had closed within eight points of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth quarter on Monday.

Given the league is a bunch of copycats, Brian Daboll decided to do what everyone else seems to be doing when faced with an eight-point deficit.

The Giants set up quickly for the play with a formation that is more often seen in college, especially by the University of Oregon.

Daniel Jones tried to throw a pass to his left where a wall of blockers were going to be set up.

The problem was Alex Highsmith blew through the Giants and blew up the play.

Call it futile.

This practice, if you want to call it that, is because analytics show you are likely connect on 50% of two-point conversions. So, if you don’t make the first, you are still down eight and can try for two again if you score another touchdown.

Analytics be damned.

The logic tracks back 55 years. And it was used in a gigantic college football game in 1969.

Texas trailed Arkansas in a game between the top two college teams in the country, 14-0. In the second half the Longhorns scored to make it 14-6 — eight-point deficit — and Darrell Royal used the logic by having his Longhorns go for two.

The conversion worked. Texas trailed 14-8, scored another touchdown and Happy Feller kicked the PAT for a 15-14 victory in front of what turned out to eventually be three Presidents of the United States.

Blocked field goal return seals Giants’ upset of Seahawks

The Giants came up with a huge blocked field goal to seal a win in Seattle

The New York Giants must have decided turnabout is fair play on Sunday.

Having seen a near touchdown turn into a 101-yard fumble return in the first half at Seattle, the Giants blocked a potential game-tying field goal in the final minute to seal a 29-20 victory.

Hanging on to a 23-20 lead, Isaiah Simmons broke through the line to block Jason Myers’ field-goal attempt.

The football caromed to Bryce Ford-Wheaton, who returned it 60 yards for the surprising score.

Giants bop Browns for first win in 2024

The Giants are winless no more in 2024

The New York Giants struggled through the first two weeks of the season. They went into Cleveland on Sunday and came away with an unlikely victory.

Daniel Jones threw a pair of touchdown passes and the Giants’ defense held Cleveland to 217 yards and forced two turnovers in the 21-15 victory.

Devin Singletary’s 43-yard run late iced the game. The Giants’ running back slid to the turf at the Cleveland one-yard line. The play didn’t change the final score and it impacted those who weighed in on the over in the totals, which was set at 38.5 points.

Malik Nabers with two TD catches for Giants against Browns

Malik Nabers with a pair of TD catches in Cleveland

Malik Nabers has been a bright spot for the Giants in 2024.

The No. 1 draft pick out of LSU continued to excel on Sunday at Cleveland.

Check out the fantastic touchdown grab of the Daniel Jones pass to make it 14-7.

(Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Nabers found the end zone again later in the second quarter.

Giants give Malk Nabers retired No. 1 jersey with permission from family

The GIants unretired the No. 1 jersey for first-round pick Malik Nabers

Everything is a numbers game when it comes to NFL jerseys. And now, we know the digit Malik Nabers will wear as a New York Giant.

The first-round pick out of LSU has gotten permission from the family of the late Ray Flaherty to wear No. 1. Yes, the same digit Big Blue retired in 1935.

Progress? Unsure.

“Thank you to the Flaherty family for allowing me to wear Number 1 for the New York Giants,” Nabers said in a statement released by the team on Wednesday. “I understand the responsibility, and I will do everything in my power to honor the Flaherty family and this organization.

“I will wear the number with great pride. Can’t wait for the season to start.”

Nabers has been wearing No. 9 at practice and in the preseason. However, that number belongs to veteran kicker Graham Gano.

The No. 8 he wore at LSU is QB Daniel Jones’ jersey.

Who is Ray Flaherty, you ask?

Flaherty, who played end, joined the Giants in 1929 and, after two years as the Gonzaga basketball coach, returned from 1931 to ’35. He later became a professional football coach, and is credited with the behind-the-line screen pass and the two-platoon substitution system.

Flaherty was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976. He was the first football player to have his jersey retire. That occured in 1935, 89 years ago.